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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1991

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO 10 MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TARDE 5.

MAJOR

COMPARING APRIL 1991 WITH APRIL 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

RE-EXPORTS 80%,

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, CHINA AND ITALY, BY

UNITED 48% AND 45% RESPECTIVELY. 58%,

THOSE TO JAPAN, THE THE USA, TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 34%, 27%, 17% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY,

KINGDOM, 17%,

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 12%.

JANUARY TO APRIL 1991 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

COMPARING

1990,

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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF

REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, THE FEDERAL UNITED KINGDOM, BY 88%, 48%, 47%, 34% AND 32% RESPECTIVELY.

CHINA

RE-EXPORTS

AND

THE

THE

VALUE

AND THE RESPECTIVELY.

USA

OF RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, TAIWAN, THE AND 5% KOREA INCREASED BY 24%, 24%, 14% REPUBLIC OF HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 10%.

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

OF THE

1990,

COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $5,131 MILLION OR 41%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (BY $3,410 MILLION OR 26%); RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,741 OR 29%); AND TEXTILES (BY $2,585 MILLION OR 20%).

AND SOUND

MILLION

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED

(BY THEREOF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS MILLION OR 10%), AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $55 MILLION 22%).

IN

$152 OR

ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

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DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY

COUNTRY

ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

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